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Hello, I work with foster kids in SLC. I have two black girls I work with that have major trauma about their hair. So their foster parents go above and beyond and get it very nicely. Problem is it’s $500+ for both girls. And foster care does not pay that well. I’ve exhausted every resource the state will give me. Does anyone know of any charities or salons that might give a free hair do now and then? Or give a discount like buy one get one free? These girls used to be tortured by having their head shaved. If their hair isn’t perfect they’ll wear a hoodie in 100 degree heat to cover their whole head. We’re running out the little funds we have and I can’t bear to see these girls thrown back into the trauma they lived through.

Or even a black woman that’s willing to mentor them about natural styles that cost less or any kind of big sister/volunteer program for black youth. There are so few black people in Utah. Their foster family isn’t black, I’m not black, their lawyer isn’t black, the judge isn’t black, non of the admin at DCFS is black. I want to help these girls so desperately but with federal cuts calling social work a tool of the evil left every penny we get is begged and pleaded for and when it comes down to it, it goes to housing and food and therapy. But I’ve gotta find a solution for the hair. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you!

Hello, I work with foster kids in SLC. I have two black girls I work with that have major trauma about their hair. So their foster parents go above and beyond and get it very nicely. Problem is it’s $500+ for both girls. And foster care does not pay that well. I’ve exhausted every resource the state will give me. Does anyone know of any charities or salons that might give a free hair do now and then? Or give a discount like buy one get one free? These girls used to be tortured by having their head shaved. If their hair isn’t perfect they’ll wear a hoodie in 100 degree heat to cover their whole head. We’re running out the little funds we have and I can’t bear to see these girls thrown back into the trauma they lived through.

Or even a black woman that’s willing to mentor them about natural styles that cost less or any kind of big sister/volunteer program for black youth. There are so few black people in Utah. Their foster family isn’t black, I’m not black, their lawyer isn’t black, the judge isn’t black, non of the admin at DCFS is black. I want to help these girls so desperately but with federal cuts calling social work a tool of the evil left every penny we get is begged and pleaded for and when it comes down to it, it goes to housing and food and therapy. But I’ve gotta find a solution for the hair. Anyone have any ideas?

I’m not soliciting or asking for anything free, don’t want to break any sub rules. Just wondering if anyone knows of anything in slc/ut that maybe has a mentoring organization, could teach the girls to do each others hair for cheaper, even just have one other healthy black person in their lives. It’s white up in here. And I know enough to understand that I’ll never understand as the South Park quote goes. So any guidance towards a black group that helps young black girls hair or not, I refuse to let them flounder in a sea of whiteness that pretends to understand them or dismisses them. I mean their team is great. We all care for them a lot. But none of us are black. And it would be one thing if there were other black kids at school or black teachers or black therapists but it’s Utah we’re talking about here. I’d love to connect them with someone who can help them with hair or even just be a mentor of some kind. Thank you.

Hello, I work with foster kids in SLC. I have two black girls I work with that have major trauma about their hair. So their foster parents go above and beyond and get it very nicely. Problem is it’s $500+ for both girls. And foster care does not pay that well. I’ve exhausted every resource the state will give me. Does anyone know of any charities or salons that might give a free hair do now and then? Or give a discount like buy one get one free? These girls used to be tortured by having their head shaved. If their hair isn’t perfect they’ll wear a hoodie in 100 degree heat to cover their whole head. We’re running out the little funds we have and I can’t bear to see these girls thrown back into the trauma they lived through.

Or even a black woman that’s willing to mentor them about natural styles that cost less or any kind of big sister/volunteer program for black youth. There are so few black people in Utah. Their foster family isn’t black, I’m not black, their lawyer isn’t black, the judge isn’t black, non of the admin at DCFS is black. I want to help these girls so desperately but with federal cuts calling social work a tool of the evil left every penny we get is begged and pleaded for and when it comes down to it, it goes to housing and food and therapy. But I’ve gotta find a solution for the hair. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you!